Undergraduate Student Paper Competition

Sponsored by: SIEMENS

The 2023 IEOM Student Paper Competition sponsored by SIEMENS will recognize outstanding papers in the field of industrial engineering and operations management written by student(s). Selected papers will be considered for the competition and must be presented at the 2023 IEOM Conference Melbourne. The paper will be judged based on the technical content and presentation on November 14-16, 2023. Winners will receive award certificates. The winning awards will be given at the 2023 IEOM conference awards ceremony on November 16, 2023.

Eligibility Criteria:

The submitter must me student or recent graduate
Papers can be industry projects as part of a course or co-op/internship, or research projects done at the academic institution.
Faculty and/or an industry member may serve as an advisor on a project, but the work should primarily be done by the student(s).
The paper must be written by the student(s) with only minor outside editorial assistance. One or more advisors may appear as co-authors of a paper, but the student must be the ‘first author’.
The paper must be presented at the IEOM Melbourne Conference.

IEOM Competition Rubrics

Overall content: 1-5 points
Data analysis and results: 1-5 points
Presentation skills: 1-5 points
Knowledge of the topic / confident: 1-5 points
Answering questions: 1-5 points

Important Dates:
Deadline for submission of papers: September 30, 2023.

Paper Guidelines:
Authors must follow the IEOM 2023 paper guidelines (under Authors menu) since the winning papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

Submission:
Each paper must be submitted online: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/abstract/index.cfm?ID=eB4RoAM

For any question, please contact undergraduate student paper competition committee chairs: Dr. Abbas Mahmoudabadi (mahmoudabadi@mehrastan.ac.ir)

Judging:
A group of academics / professionals will serve as judge. Scoring rubrics will be used for both parts of the judging.

Winners:
1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive award certificates and plaques.

Competition Chair

Abbas Mahmoudabadi Ph.D.
Director, Master Program in Industrial Engineering
MehrAstan University, Gilan, Iran
Tel: +98 13 4216 6112, Cell: +98 912 159 7537
Other email: abbasmahmoudabadi@gmail.com